family……

Coming to this strange world alone, Chen Ji could only touch the world cautiously, sensing its mystery and crisis.

Every step is like walking on the edge of a cliff, and you may fall into the abyss at any time.

The word family has a unique appeal to him.

Chen Ji clearly realized that the so-called family was just his family in this body, and he was a stowaway who broke into the world after the other person died.

But a curiosity couldn't help but arise in his heart... What if his parents also came to this world after their death?

After morning classes, the three brothers, Master Chen and Ji, squatted next to the large water tank in the southeast corner of the yard to wash up.

He took a willow stick, pressed the willow branches inside into a brush shape, and followed the example of his other brothers, scraping his teeth stiffly.

The tall and strong senior brother who slept very hard last night squatted on the ground with his teeth bared: "Master has a bad temper today. Don't mess with him. It hurts so much. My father has never beaten me so hard!"

Chen Ji spit out the salt water in his mouth and asked tentatively: "Maybe practicing this will be useful?"

Liu Quxing pouted: "What's the use? I've been practicing for more than a year and I don't feel anything. Do you feel anything?"

"No," Chen Ji shook his head, confirming that only he could feel the warmth.

The tall and strong senior brother asked while brushing his teeth: "Liu Quxing, when your mother comes here later, will she bring the delicious pancakes like last time?"

The skinny Liu Quxing rolled his eyes and spat out the mouthwash: "She Dengke, don't worry about the food my mother brought."

She Dengke was not happy: "We are all brothers in the same discipline, what's wrong with eating something?"

Chen Jile laughed and said: "Yes, what's wrong with eating something from you?"

At this time, old man Yao came out of the main room carrying a bamboo stick: "You are still in the mood to joke. When I test your academic performance tomorrow, see if you can still laugh. Go to the main hall and endorse it."

After washing up, the three brothers didn't even eat breakfast, so they sat in a row on the threshold of the medical center, each holding a medical book and flipping through it.

In fact, everyone's mind has not been on the book for a long time. They are just waiting eagerly for their family members to send money and food. They can only turn over the old books silently because there are too many blanks to fill.

She Dengke said: "Master will take the academic test tomorrow. Brothers and sisters share blessings and hardships. No one is allowed to study secretly. Do you hear that?"

Liu Quxing rolled his eyes: "I haven't read a book recently, and I have forgotten everything my master taught me before."

She Dengke sneered and clenched his fists: "You better tell the truth!"

Liu Quxing shrank his neck: "Why don't you tell me about Chen Ji? He received the least amount of bamboo sticks in the morning and is still reading at the moment!"

She Dengke closed the book in Chen Ji's hand: "You are not allowed to read it, I will be beaten together tomorrow. My father asked someone to calculate for me, I can live to be more than seventy years old, Master, he can't beat me to death!"

Chen Ji: "...Are the horoscopes so hard?"

Time seems to have returned to the harsh but beautiful high school era. We all carried each other to class and after school, sweating profusely on the playground together, and being scolded by the teacher together.

Chen Ji thought about it, if life was like this after coming to this world, would it be acceptable? It seems possible.

After waiting for a while, Liu Quxing jumped out and met a middle-aged woman wearing a green skirt.

The woman wears a silver hairpin on her head and a pair of embroidered shoes. She is elegant and gentle. There is a maid behind her.

When she saw Liu Quxing, she smiled, and her smile was particularly gentle: "Xing'er, have you made Master angry recently?"

"No, no, master likes me. How can I make him angry?" Liu Quxing happily handed a baggage to the other party: "Mom, these are my changes of clothes. You can go back and wash them for me."

She Dengke sat on the threshold and sneered: "You're worthless, how old are you and still hoarding clothes for your mother to wash!"

The woman took the clothes and handed a wooden box and a cloth package from the maid's hand to Liu Quxing: "The cloth package contains this month's school money and a change of clothes. In the box are some snacks that mother made for you, but

Share it with the brothers and sisters."

At this moment, Chen Ji clearly heard She Dengke swallowing.

However, Liu Quxing did not bring the snacks to them. He opened the box on the spot and stuffed the oil cakes and mung bean cakes into his mouth one by one.

Watching Liu Quxing stuff it for two quarters of an hour, he finally stuffed all the snacks into his throat, and then returned the box to the woman: "Mom, please take the box back."

Chen Ji: Huh?

She Dengke murmured: "Damn you..."

The mother and son talked for a while, and then Liu Quxing came back happily carrying the cloth parcel, and even burped when he crossed the threshold.

There are gradually more and more pedestrians on the street. Among the scattered buildings, children are chasing and playing in the alleys, and women are carrying basins to wash clothes by the Luo River.

Someone was driving an ox cart to the east, and the ox would swish its tail and pull out feces, and the whole street was filled with the smell of grass stained with soil.

The traces are immersed in it.

She Dengke and Chen Ji waited eagerly until noon when a capable man arrived carrying a bag.

The man with dark skin wore a short jacket and gray cloth trousers. His sleeves were rolled up on his arms to reveal a twisted tattoo: "Youngest!"

"Third brother!" She Dengke's eyes suddenly lit up.

The man smiled heartily and said: "I woke up early and went to Dongshi to help others. I wasted time. Here, here are two sticks of bacon prepared by my mother for you. One is for your master, and the other is for you to keep for yourself."

"Where did the meat come from?!" She Dengke said in surprise.

"My eldest brother and I went into the mountains a few days ago and met a wild boar. Unfortunately, it was a male and had a fishy smell," the third brother responded with a smile.

She Dengke smiled happily: "It's good to have meat to eat, why do you care about the fishy smell!"

"Let's go, there is a party held by a wealthy family in the East Market tonight, I will help set up the stage, and I can also watch a show," the third brother said vigorously, turned around and left without any hesitation.

She Dengke strode back to the hospital. Liu Quxing leaned on the door frame and said bitterly: "I heard that the meat of male mountain pigs has the smell of urine..."

Chen Ji praised: "Senior Brother Liu, you are simply the moral bottom line of our medical clinic."

She Dengke glared at Liu Quxing fiercely: "Believe it or not, I broke off your front teeth?"

Liu Quxing immediately shrank his neck, and turned to look at Chen Ji again: "It's not until this time, so your family probably won't come, right?"

Chen Ji shook his head: "I don't know."

Liu Quxing gloated and said, "Don't be unwilling to give you the money to study. Two hundred yuan a month is really not a small amount for an ordinary family. Or you can go and beg the master and ask him to be lenient."

As soon as he finished speaking, Old Man Yao stood behind the counter and counted the accounts, and said slowly: "The law is not taught lightly, the Tao is not sold cheaply, the teacher does not follow the way, and the doctor does not knock on the door. I only teach sincere people. If your family members are

Two hundred articles is too much, so you don’t need to learn it.”

"I understand, Master," Chen Ji responded.

She Dengke scratched his head: "Master, we will provide you with care until the end of your life. It's a bit sentimental."

Old Man Yao stroked his beard: "My son may not be truly filial to his biological father. What can I count on you? When you get older, you will understand everything. Money is the most important, and relationships will change. Longevity will be more humiliating. If you have money, you will understand everything."

Only then can you have dignity. If your family gives me some money, I will teach you your skills. We don’t need too much relationship between master and disciple."

Chen Ji sat silently on the threshold, from early morning to noon, and from noon to evening.

I returned to the hospital at three o'clock last night and was tortured by the ice current until five o'clock. I couldn't bear it anymore, so Chen Ji leaned against the door frame and fell asleep.

I don't know how much time passed before someone patted Chen Ji's shoulder, and he opened his eyes tiredly.

She Dengke was holding the rice bowl, pulling the bacon, and said vaguely: "Chen Ji, why don't you go get something to eat first? I'll watch from here. I'll call you when your family comes."

Chen Ji did not answer.

Opposite the medical center, the clerks from restaurants, pawn shops, and grain and oil stores came out and put up the door panels one by one in preparation for closing.

When a waiter saw Chen Ji, he smiled and said hello: "Doctor Chen, where are you waiting?"

He smiled and responded: "Yeah."

However, Chen Ji's family never came, and it was impossible for his biological parents to forget such an agreement.

As the afterglow of the sun gradually sets in the west, the number of pedestrians returning home gradually becomes fewer and fewer, and the light and shadow fade from his face little by little until night falls.

Someone once said, never wake up at dusk.

At that moment, the bells in the distance fell silent together with the heaven and earth, and the sun turned past the horizon. You looked at the gray sky that was extremely far away, as if you were going away alone.

He suddenly remembered that before the gears of fate turned, someone once asked him:

"Can you stand being alone?"

Chen Ji replied at that time: "Okay."

…

…

The afterglow of the evening fell and finally disappeared behind the scattered pavilions.

Chen Ji sat on the threshold and watched the last shop opposite close the door and the last passerby return home. Then he stood up and dusted himself off.

Life must go on. Returning to reality, he must seriously think about his situation:

At this time, Old Man Yao was standing behind the counter counting the accounts. He said with disdain without raising his head: "Why, your family doesn't want you anymore?"

Chen Jixin said that his master's mouth seemed to be quenched with poison. He responded with a smile: "Master, maybe they are delayed by something, and they will send Xueyin here tomorrow."

Old Man Yao sneered: "You have been with me for two years. The other two families know how to bring me something during the holidays, but your family has never given me anything. Even if I can pay the student money on time, I don't want you as my apprentice.

Already."

"If you give me a month, then maybe I can pay for my education without relying on my family," Chen Ji said sincerely.
To be continued...